Journal box



March 25 1924. 1,488,157

B. W. KADEL JOURNAL BOX Filed June 29 1.922

Patented Mar; 2 5',"1924.

UNITED. STATES-F company, or NEW YORK, N. Y.,

PATENT OFFICE;

areas W. OF-BALTIMORE, MARYLANn'lissIGNoR To THE '1'. H. sxmmeron- A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

' JooniiA BOX.

- Application filed June 29,

Be it known that I, -BYERS W. KAnEL, a

- citizen ofthe United States, residing at Baltimore, State of-Mar'yland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal Boxes; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- 'scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in' theart to which it ap ertains to make and use the same.

y invention relatesto journal box wear plates and, generally stated, involves a renewable liner of durable construction adapted to be detachably connected to the journal box'of a railway car for preventing destructive wear upon the car truck pedestal jawsand the journal box associated therewith, the wear incident to the constant -movement of the journal box with respect to the pedestal being taken by the interposed wear plate or liner.

Particularly stated my invention resides in the provision of a flanged wear plate orliner preferably. of..uniform thickness and having an intermediate wearing surface 1 spaced from the means detachably connecting the liner to thejournal-box, thereby permitting the maximum wear of the liner without reducing the strength value thereof or otherwise affecting the means for securing said liner tothe journal box. Heretofore it has been customary. to form attaching tongues at the ends of the liner immediately adjacent the wearing surfapc, and as a result, the gonnecting tongues are relatively'weakened by theiwe aringthrou h of the liner at 'these attaching points y present invention has been designed'to. overcome this difficulty and provide a liner which can wear almost through before the attaching means becomes reduced in strength value. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide in combination with a journal box a renewable liner formed with offset port-ions ateach end of the wearing surface, and bendable tongues or tangs provided adjacent said oil-set portions, said tongues being adapted to be pressed over and interlocked.

with projections provided on the journal way liner which can be inexpensively manu- 1922. Serial in, 571,705.

facturedand easily attached to the side wall of a journal box.

There are other features of the invention as will more clearly appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings chosen to lllustra the invention andin which- Figure 1 is a view. in side elevation of av railway car journal box showing my proved wear plates or liners applied thereto.

Figure 2 is.a detail vertical sectional viewon the line 2-2 of Figure 1 of a portion of. the journal .box showing theliner attached Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of embodying my'.

a modified form of liner invention. Y In thedrawings corresponding reference characters designate similar parts in the several-views.

A railway car journal box is indicated by the numeral '1, said journal box being pro- 'vided with side wall portions and pro ecting adjacent ribs or flanges 2.- In the-t pe of journal box shown for purposes of i1 ustrating my invention, the opposite faces of the adjacent flanges 2 and the connecting side wall portion of the journal box are 'iadapted to be lined with my improved wear plate 3. The innermost flanges or ribs and intermediate portion of the journal box are cut away, as indicated at 4, to prevent contact with the equalizer bars, not shown.

The wear plate or liner 3 is preferably formed of re atively thin flat steel of umform thickness throughout and is provided 'with flanges 5 and 6, said flanges being adapted to-en'gage the faces on opposite ribs '2 and completely line the pedestal ways. The intermediate wearing-surface of the liner terminates short of the vertical opposite ends thereof, the portions immeofiset to form relief bends at each end of the liner. Each ofiset portion 7 is' located outside of a vertical plane passing through the wearing surface, and as shown, is isclined away from said wearing surface, thereby providing a construction in which diatel'y adjacent said wearing surface being tongue and adjacent ofl'sct portion-from the the liner can. wear to the maximum extent without affecting the attaching means now to be described.

Provided at the'end of each'otlset portion 7 is a-bendable extension forming a tongue or tang 8, said extension beinglocated back of a. vertical plane passing through the i wearing surface and at a point remote there- The upper tongue is ,adapted to be.

from. Y clamped about a-projection 9Jformed on the journal box, the end of said tongue extending downwardly and substantially parallel with the wearing surface of the liner. The

lower tongue is clamped around the bottom edge portion of the side wall 0f the journal box, as shown.

- face of the liner" to afford effective attaclr ing means notatfectedby the wear incident fiange5, and slots llbeingarrzingd to space the-lower tongue and adjacent offset portions-from the respective flanges 5 and 6. Each vbendable extension isadapted to be bent out ofthe plane of the-wearing surto service conditions.

I do not-wish to be understood as 1imiting my invention to the exact construction,

of tongues formed. on the fiset portions contiguous tothe .intermediat' wearing sur- 'face, as other types of attaching means may be utilized, an located in offset and re mote relation to said wearing surface.-

In Figure:5 I have shown an embodiment 'of my invention wherein the 'r 'elief bends 12 of the liner are formed by offsetting .oppo

site end ortions immediately adjacent the flangeso the liner without slitting or otherwise spacin' the offset portions and associated attac 'ng tongues- The tongue or tang 13in this construction forms a continuation'offthe' relief bends, said tongue being adapted to be bent-around a projection onthe journal box, as hereinbefore described. e v

A flanged wear plate or liner constructed in accordance'with my present invention, I have foundin practice to increase the longevity of use thereof in effectively resisting the wear incident to-axle thrusts, as well as wear incident to the relative vertical movement between the pedestal jawsand journal box. It will also-be'obvious that I have produced a relatively lightand durable wear plate which can be inexpensively formed of pressed metal of uniform thickne'ss.

I claim: 1. The combinationwith a journal box for pedestal trucks, and a wear plate or liner .detachably connected thereto, said wear plate being provided with an intermediate wearing surface, offset portions provided adjacent each end of said wearing surface, and means formed on said offset portions and spaced from said wearing surface for detachably connecting said wear plate tothe-journal box.

2. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks, and a wear plate'or liner detachably connected the1'et 0,' said wear plate having an interlncdia-te wearing surface terminating short of the vertical opposite ends of said plate, and means .spaced from said wearing surface-f'provddcd at each vertical opposite end of said plate for detachably"c0nnecting said wear-plate to the 'journalbox.

3. The combination with a. journallbox Y for pedestal trucks and a wear plate or liner connected thereto, said wearplatebe ing formed of a uniform thickness and-having at each end thereof a relief bend, and means for connecting said'plate to the journal box.

.4. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks, and a wear plate connected thereto, said wear plate being formed with a wearing surface terminating short of the opposite vertical ends of said plate and having bendable portions forming offset cont-inuations of said wearing surface 'for connecting saidwear plate to the journal box.

5. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks, and a liner, said liner being formed with a wearing surface and having oppositely inclined end portions,

said wearing surface terminating substun-' tially at said inclined end portions, and means including bendable tangs or tongues provided on the ends of saidinclined end portions for connecting the liner to the journal box.

6. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks, of a .lincr. said liner having an intermediate wearing surface, opposite end portions arranged adjacent the opposite ends of said wearing surface, said end portions being inclined away from said wearing surface, and means for connecting said liner to the journal b0 7. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks having a projection, and a wear plate connected to said journal box,

said vwear plate being formed of substan- I tially uniform thickness throughout and having. at each end thereof a relief bend,-

and means adjacent said relief bonds for connecting the wear plate to the journal box, said means being adapted to engage the projection on the journal box.

i V 8. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks having a pro'ection, an'd a wear plate connected to sai journal box,

said weartplate being of substantially uniform thicknefi throughoutand havinge relief 'bend adjacent the :wearing surface of said plate,

and means detachably connecting said plate to the projection on the journal box. A o

9; The combination with a journal box having flanges forming a pedestal way, and a flanged way, saidflanged wearplate'being formed. of substantially uniform thickness throughgghdand' having at each end thereof a relief 10. The combination with a journal box having flanges forming a pedestal way, and a flanged wear plate adapted to line said way, said-wear plate being formed with a 7 relief bend at each end of the web portion relation p of said late, and means adjacent said relief ben s for connecting the plate to the journal box. 4

11 The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks, and a flanged er having an attaching tongue, the side edges of c said tongue being portions of said i spaced from the ad acent ner. 12. The combination with a journal box for pedestal trucks, and a flanged liner having a, wearing surface, tongues adj acent" the ends of said wearing surface, the side boxes provided with a wearing surface, end

- means for attaching said wear plate to the portions adjacent said wearing end portionsbeing arranged plane than said wearing surface, said surface and having journal box.

wear plate adapted to line said".

- attaching the with 1n a different 15. A wear plate for railway car journal boxes provided with a wearing surface, and end portions adjacent said wearing surface, said end portions extending substantially vertically of the wearing surface and being ofl'set therefrom. p

l6. A wear plate or liner for railway car journal boxes, said wear plate having a relatively large intermediate wearing surface betweent-he vertical ends of said plate, and

means providedon the wear plate and spaced fromsaid 'wearin surface, said ,means affording attaching evices for 'con-' neeting the wear plate tothe journal box.

l7. A flanged wear plate of the class do scribed having a web portion provided with short of the ends thereof, and means space from said wearing surface and arran ed intermediate the flanges of said plate or attacliing the same to the journal box.

18. A flanged wear plate of'the class dean intermediate wearing surface terminating scribed having a web portion formed withf a relatively large intermediate wearing, Surface, and means positioned between the flanges of said plate and spaced vertically and laterally from said wearing surface for box. 19. A flanged wear scribed provided with a Web termedia'te wearing surface, offset portions adjacent said wearing surface and located between the flanges of the'wear plate, and bendable members adjacent said ofiset portion adapted to afford attaching means for said wear plate. 7 4

wearing plate to the journal 20. A flanged wear plate oftheyclass de-.' scribed provided .with a web portion having an intermediate bearing surface, and relief plate'of the class de-- having an in bendsoifset with relation to said wearing I termediate the adjacent flanges of'said web portion. a 1

In; testimony whereof I affix my -signaturer surface, said relief bends being provided in BYERS w. KADELr 

